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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451128403321

Autore

Haddad Emma

Titolo

The refugee in international society : between sovereigns / / Emma Haddad [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-17948-3

1-281-25459-2

9786611254599

0-511-38770-9

0-511-49135-2

0-511-38671-0

0-511-38488-2

0-511-38303-7

0-511-38871-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international relations ; ; 106

Disciplina

325.21

Soggetti

Refugees

Refugees - Government policy

Refugees - History - 20th century

Refugees - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The refugee problem -- Who is (not) a refugee? -- The refugee and the international states system -- Sovereign rights, human rights and security -- The inter-war perspective -- Refugees and international protection in the Cold War era -- The external dimension of EU refugee policy -- The way ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

With the unrelenting unrest in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and the Sudan, the plight of refugees has become an increasingly discussed topic in international relations. Why do we have refugees? When did the refugee 'problem' emerge? How can the refugee ever be reconciled with an international system that rests on sovereignty? Looking at three key periods - the inter-war period, the Cold War and the present day -



Emma Haddad demonstrates how a specific image has defined the refugee since the international states system arose in its modern form and that refugees have thus been qualitatively the same over the course of history. This historical and normative approach suggests new ways to understand refugees and to formulate responses to them. By examining the issue from an international society perspective, this book highlights how refugees are an inevitable, if unanticipated, result of erecting political borders.